Bangladesh detains hundreds of Rohingya refugees celebrating Eid on beach
ANKARA (AA) – Bangladesh police detained at least 450 Rohingya refugees celebrating the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr on a beach in the town of Cox’s Bazar, police said on Thursday.
Police spokesperson Rafiqul Islam told media that the refugees were detained as part of “security measures” in the country’s largest resort district.
He claimed that Rohingya are involved in various crimes, and they strengthened the security to keep the tourists safe.
Nearly 750,000 Rohingya Muslims fled a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in August 2017 to Bangladesh, pushing the total number of persecuted people in the world’s largest refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar to around 1.2 million.
The Human Rights Watch in April said Bangladesh authorities in recent months intensified their restrictions on Rohingya refugees’ livelihoods, movement, and education.
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